On Sat, 27 Dec 2008 09:10:25 -0800 "ernst schoen-rene" <ernstsr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I have solved this problem. > I am running fedora64 on amd64. > mod_dbd with mysql simply doesn't work on my install of apache > 2.2.10. I installed 2.2.11 and it works, but there are elements that > I think are under-documented or poorly documented. OK, that probably means your 2.2.10 didn't have the MySQL driver. The actual error message there would've identified it. > First, the DBDParams command for mysql requires that you put in a > port or a socket, even if they are the defaults. Um, not for anyone else I've heard of. > It does not require > you to put in a database name. The DBDParams can be delimited by a > number of characters including a comma, space and '|', but it doesn't > mention this in the documentation. The documents show a format that works. The other delimiters are a freebie extra, for people who prefer them. > Secondly, the function in mod_authn_dbd that compares passwords > compares the password your sql statement returns with an ENCRYPTED > password. It does say this once in the documentation, but all the > sql examples do not indicate this. There is no documentation about > how to produce a password using the same encryption that apache > uses. I had to change the code for mod_authn_dbd to just compare > unencrypted passwords. For my application, encryption doesn't > matter, and I think it's sort of silly to encrypt passwords that are > transmitted in plain text anyway. Documentation on how to produce an > encrypted password in one's sql command would be useful. Good point: the mod_auth[nz]_dbd pages could use an additional section about the database and password formats. Contributions always welcome if the regular devs don't get a round tuit! Another little exercise for anyone with a spare hour or two: a script to convert a htpasswd or htdigest file for use with DBD. Extra kudos if you do the hard bit, and make it work with all the databases. -- Nick Kew Application Development with Apache - the Apache Modules Book http://www.apachetutor.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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